I've started going to our local pool & doing aqua-aerobics. Went 3 times this week & will continue 3 times a week until the pool closes for the winter. (The reason it closes for the winter despite it being indoor & heated, is the building itself isn't heated.)

So you'll start doing aqua-aerobics when the water gets soft, Glenn? ;)

Yeah, Icey, I slip a bit sometimes but not completely over. I do have those sorts of shoes Yogi's wife wears, so I might start wearing them. I wear them in the river so as not to stand on anything that "moves".

Great, Icey. Apart from slipping over, do you enjoy it & are you getting benefit from it?

I felt the benefit almost straight away Claire. It tightens your stomach muscles and I loved it, but I've had to shelve it for a while, due to some family problems. I'll definitely go back at some stage though.

Actually, I don't swim anymore unless I have to. I lived in the New Orleans area during most of the '80s, and most of that had to do with the water. In addition to boat building I also did a lot of commercial fishing. I've seen tens; yay (dare I say it?) hundreds of thousands of pounds of fish!

During those years, I swam as a matter of business. I still have my scuba gear from that time, because occasionally we would get netting stuck in the propellers and would have to be underneath for fairly long periods of time cutting it loose. We even had an air compressor on the boat with which to fill our scuba tanks.

It was a lot of work, to the point that I don't swim anymore because it seems work to me. I haven't even fished for better than 20 years, because I did that for work, too. You might just as soon ask me if I want to go drive a forklift for a little rest and relaxation. I do that at work, too!

Another little related idiosyncrasy of mine is driving. I used to love driving, almost anything you wanted to throw at me. Then I went driving 18 wheelers. Now I hate driving...almost anything! The closest I can come to pleasure driving is my motorcycle, and I'm not all that wild about even that, anymore.

No Glenn, I understand where you're coming from. I have a lovely car,and miles of beautiful countryside to drive in, but I'm not a natural. I hate driving through towns, and get out of doing so whenever possible.

Thing is, I AM good at it...guess it comes from well over a million miles in 18 wheelers alone. The situation is the same as with swimming and fishing...I've done it so much as work that it seems like work to me and I can't enjoy it like I used to. Let me tell you, people have a hard time understanding!